Database Reliability Engineer

Salla is seeking an experienced Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE) to own the health and performance of our hybrid cloud database infrastructure. We operate a large-scale online marketplace that relies on multiple OLTP data stores such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and Redis. The successful candidate must have at least 8 years of experience managing high availability relational and NoSQL databases and will combine hands on operations skills with architectural insight and scripting expertise. This is an individual contributor role that requires an advanced understanding of SQL, backup and disaster recovery, replication, database auditing, performance tuning, Kubernetes/Docker orchestration, and observability with Grafana/Prometheus.

Responsibilities

• Build database systems of high availability and quality depending on each end user's specialised role
• Design and implement database in accordance to end users information needs and views
• Define users and enable data distribution to the right user, in appropriate format and in a timely manner
• Use high-speed transaction recovery techniques and backup data
• Minimise database downtime and manage parameters to provide fast query responses
• Provide proactive and reactive data management support and training to users
• Determine, enforce and document database policies, procedures and standards
• Perform tests and evaluations regularly to ensure data security, privacy and integrity
• Monitor database performance, implement changes and apply new patches and versions when required
• Soft skills: Strong problem solving ability, communication and collaboration skills, and the capacity to operate autonomously and lead incident calls with clarity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Data modeling and architecture. Experience designing relational schemas, normalizing data models and planning sharding or partitioning strategies for high volume OLTP systems.
• Advanced security and compliance. Familiarity with encryption at rest/in transit, role based access control, auditing frameworks and compliance standards (ISO, SOC, PCI, etc.).
• Elasticache/Redis expertise. Knowledge of AWS ElastiCache/Redis or similar caching systems to optimize performance and reduce database load.
• CI/CD and DevOps. Experience integrating database changes into CI/CD pipelines and using version control systems (Git) to manage schema migrations.

Hybrid/remote environment. Comfortable working in a hybrid model and collaborating across time zones; able to join on site meetings as needed.